The Bureau of Meteorology had predicted wind, snow and freezing temperatures, and that’s precisely what central Victoria got on Wednesday.
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Snow was supposed to fall down to 300 metres, and duty forecaster Beren Bradshaw said some parts of Victoria experienced snow flurries down to 150 metres.
“The cold front came through as expected,” she said.
The cold front is moving away, but mornings will be near freezing until Monday, at this stage, with temperatures ranging from 2 to 12 degrees forecast for Bendigo on Thursday and 3 to 13 degrees on Friday.
Snow is a possibility in Kyneton and Castlemaine on Thursday, though above 900 metres in Kyneton and above 1000 metres in Castlemaine.
Temperatures will range between 1 and 9 degrees in Kyneton and between 2 and 11 degrees in Castlemaine on Thursday.
Macedon Ranges glittered with fresh snow on Wednesday, which lingered for long enough for people to enjoy.
There was snow “as far as the eye can see” at the summit of Mt Macedon in the morning, although road closures made it difficult for people to experience it for themselves.
Up to four centimetres of snow were underfoot in some areas, Top of the Range owner Luke Chapman said.
Even Mt Alexander got a light dusting.
A severe weather warning, in place since the start of the week, was still current on Wednesday because of the possibility of damaging winds.
Winds around 50 to 70 kilometres an hour and damaging peak gusts of 90 to 100 kilometres an hour were forecast for central Victoria.
But the strongest gust was recorded far from Bendigo – 111 km/h, at Cape Otway at 9.23am.
Natalie Stanway of Bendigo SES said there were few calls for help in the Bendigo area throughout the day: two fallen trees and some roof sheeting displaced from a structure at Wortha Street, Bendigo.
One of the trees down was in Energetic St, Long Gully; the other in Clarke St, Kennington.
“I am aware of some trampolines being relocated,” Ms Stanway said.
She called for people to secure trampolines and loose items around the house prior to storms to avoid damage to their property and those of others.
“They will blow away – it happens every storm,” she said.
A tree deprived hundreds of Powercor customers of power after a fault at Flynns Lane, Kyneton.
A fallen tree was also partially responsible for closing Mt Macedon Road for a time, although Kyneton police said there were also concerns about the icy conditions of the roads in the area.